Jan 29, 2013 - Sale 2301

Sale 2301 - Lot 181

Price Realized: $ 1,920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
JACQUES BELLANGE (CIRCLE OF)
(La Mothe circa 1575-1616 Nancy)
Studies of Two Female Warriors.

Pen and brown ink on cream laid paper. 163x152 mm; 6 1/2x6 inches. Small bunch of grapes watermark.

Bellange used the same general pose of the figure at the left of his drawing repeatedly in his work. Notably in the figure of the Virgin in The Holy Family, etching (Griffiths/Hartley 5), the figure behind the Virgin and Child in The Adoration of the Magi etching (Griffiths/Hartley 10), and the seated woman in the center of Military Figures Outside a City, etching and engraving (Griffiths/Hartley 39).